Description
This is the Rapido Sirdar lined maroon DCC fitted model. The Kerr, Stuart & Co. Sirdar was a small 0-4-0 side tank steam locomotive built in the late 1800s and early 1900s, with 58 examples constructed for both export and home use, including two that joined the South African Narrow Gauge Railways as ‘NG1’ class locomotives. Sirdars saw work on industrial, quarry and contractor’s lines across the world, and several examples survive today in preservation.
Rather than replicating one specific named prototype, this locomotive is finished in one of the attractive liveries Rapido has applied across the wider Long-Tank Sirdar range, drawing on the many real colour schemes worn by Sirdar class locomotives in industrial and quarry service over the decades.
A sandbox mounted on the boiler, a standard chimney and a backsheet with doors are all featured on this model, along with a short ‘Hook and Loop’ compatible coupling fitted as standard. A detail bag of optional parts, including a full-length Hook and Loop coupling, is supplied for customisation, and the model runs on curves of first radius (228mm) or greater. Finished to a museum quality paint standard with highly detailed NEM coupler pockets, this DCC Fitted version arrives with a movement-only DCC decoder already fitted and a smooth, powerful mechanism, ready to run out of the box.
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